Carabinieri and Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency found that a Catania shop with a betting corner had not separated its gaming area from the retail space. Authorities ordered the 63-year-old owner to bring the premises into compliance within a mandatory deadline; no specific date was given.
The order requires the shop to meet sector rules on separating betting activity from other retail sales.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | Italian authorities issue eight gambling sanctions to six Terni businesses | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 45,000 | Carabinieri uncover illegal gambling venue in Casapesenna; 26 people reported | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | ADM blocks 112 additional unauthorised gambling websites in Italy | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 1,400 | Lecce police close gaming hall and impose €1,400 penalty | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 166,000 | Italian authorities seize 21 gaming machines in Taranto operation | Not stated |
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Carabinieri, ADM staff and municipal police inspected businesses in Catania, Italy, and found licensing discrepancies at a gaming room, according to the report. The operator received an order to restore the premises within 30 days, and authorities reported a worker without the required gaming-machine qualifications to the Questura.
Carabinieri from the Piazza Dante Company carried out checks in Catania, Italy, assisted by staff of the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) and the Municipal Police. The inspections were concentrated in several locations in the city centre.
Italy’s State Police ordered a seven-day closure of a bar and betting centre in Catania under Article 100 of the public security law. Police said the venue had repeatedly hosted people with criminal records and that the measure followed checks by the local police commissioner’s office.
The Catania review court overturned the order validating the seizure of goods from a shop in Acireale investigated over alleged illegal betting collection. It sent the records to prosecutors for the immediate return of the seized property. The ruling concerned the seizure and was not a final decision on the allegations.
The Catania review court has annulled the decree validating an evidential seizure issued in an investigation into an alleged illegal betting collection point in Acireale. The judge ordered the case records to be sent to prosecutors so that the goods seized from the business, a stationery shop in the town, could be returned immediately.
Italy’s State Police said the Catania police chief ordered two businesses to close for seven days: a kiosk-bar in Cibali and a bar-betting shop in Antico Corso. Police said repeated checks found people with criminal records at both venues, which authorities considered a risk to public order and safety.
Italy's State Police ordered the temporary suspension of two businesses in Catania: a kiosk-bar in the Cibali district and a betting centre in the Antico Corso area. The closure orders last seven days and were issued by the Catania police chief.
Catania’s police chief ordered a betting shop in the Librino district to close for seven days, the report said. Police said inspections found people with criminal records who were considered responsible for serious offences regularly gathering at the premises.